St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-24
FROM SHOP AND MILL.
ST. PAUL TRADES ASSEMBLY

An Important Circular From the AS
sembIy Building AssOciatiOn..Re-
ports From the Trades.
President Guyett presided at an import
ant meeting of the Trades and Labor as
sembly on Friday evening. Reports from
trades were as follows:
Boot and shoemakers, extraordinarily good,
best since II; machinists, brisk; bakers, very
good; blacksmiths, very good; furriers, good;
horseshoers, very good; printers, good.
The committee on the Bohn Manufacture
ing company was instructed to bring p 90 S
juStifying its former report. The committee
appointed to aid st. Paul firms to secure
the contracts tor the plumbing, steam and
gas fitting to be done in the new Ramsey
county court house, reported that the cham
Der of commerce had granted the request of
the assembly by sending its letter and reso-
luton, with one from the chamber, to the
board of court house commissioners. On
Friday, April Is. the committee presented
the assembly's resolutions to board and was
given immediate reply, as follows:
1t has always been the policy Of the men,
bers personally, and of the board to give
work to St. Paul firms and mechanics, so far
as it was in their power, and while i'll cases
where there was no material difference, st.
Hdul cOulTuClOTS, WuO COuiu NC oCSH ddho.
should be favored, they should remember THAI
the law compels them TO bid against compete
ton.
The committee is under obligation to Aid.
Kahn, clerk of the board, for valuable ser
vices granted with hearty courtesy. The
following Endorsement of the Trade and
Labor Unions Building association was
passed:
TO all members of labor organizations, to the
friends Of their cause and the public:
The Trade and Labor Unions Building as
ISOLATION has been Incorporated in this city to
purchase land and erect thereon building
containing rooms and halls for the meetings
OF labor and other organizations, for balls.
public entertainments, mass meetings. and Il
free public library. The officers and directors
are representative men from the different
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
of this city, possessed of the energy, ability
and honesty necessary to demand the conf
dence OF the Trades and Labor assembly, OF
St. Paul, which, as the supreme labor organi-
zation of this city gives its approval of this
plan for the improvement of the classes
which it represents. 1t offers wage-earners
well-rewarded opportunities for the practice
of industry, economy and patriotism. The
philanthropist is enabled to aid noble educa-
tional charity free to all while Increasing his
personal wealth. Capitalists and other citi-
zens who consider labor organizations CO.
operative with destructive and revolutionary
methods, which should be checked and
changed, may hereby increase their interest
income while encouraging scheme uniting
organized labor to upbuild our beautiful city.
and making odious to the workmen con-
cerned local riots. the destruction OF
property and the robbery of savings
With the knowledge of the support of pub
| lie generously appreciatiye OF an Industrious,
able and honest management Of its affairs,
the Trades and Labor assembly wishes the as
ISOLATION universal prosperity in that orient
course which the advanced days of time arc
constructing and identifying for it towards a
grand and noble success.
The German Benefit association has
elected Nicholas Berger as delegate to the
assembly. Each organization represented
in the assembly has received complimentary
tickets to the ball of the Bakers union to
take place in Turner hall on May z, and
also to the ball of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners, No. 212 at Pfeifer's
hall, May II.